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KPR, Geological Survey among programs hit by KU cuts Provost: More budget adjustments will be made later this year
By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Kansas Public Radio and the Kansas Geological Survey are among the programs at the University of Kansas that will take significant budget cuts this
year as the university tries to absorb a $7 million funding cut from the state that Gov. Sam Brownback ordered in May. Meanwhile, officials at the
KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., said they will face significant hardships this year as they try to absorb an additional $3.7 million cut in state
funding for the medical school. ing nearly $1.3 million that KU The programs facing cuts Provost Neeli Bendapudi anon the Lawrence and Edwards nounced Wednesday. campuses were part of a list of > CUTS, 5A centralized targeted cuts total-
All-girls cast gives ‘Lord of the Flies’ a modern twist
By Joanna Hlavacek lll
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n William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” a group of kids stranded on a desert island begin behaving in a way more fitting of the story’s imaginary
beast than wellmannered British schoolboys. The ending, as anyone who endured a high-school English class will tell you, is decidedly bleak.
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ABOVE LEFT: NON-BINARY GIRL, PLAYED BY ALLISON WILSON, CHOKES NERDY GIRL, PLAYED BY CALLIOPE TAYLOR, during a rehearsal of ‘Ladies of the Fly’ on Monday at the Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St. The play, which is produced by Orange Mouse Theatricals and is inspired by William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies,” features an all-female cast of young, local actors. ABOVE RIGHT: Director Leah Towle watches a scene in which Zora Lotten Barker, front center, and Jillian Schwartz, who are playing the roles of The Twins, shove Wilson to the ground.
City fails to win grant for transit hub By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com
Lawrence was not awarded a federal grant that would have covered half the cost of its proposed transit hub, sending those involved in the project back into discussions about its scale and location. The city announced Wednesday that it had not been awarded a $15 million federal transportation grant. City transit leaders said the news will mean an overhaul of previous plans. The first question is whether plans will still call for a “multimodal” facility that comprises a parking garage, bicycle storage
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Fiddling and Picking Championships back this weekend
activity so much, we’re looking for a place where we can get buses in and out.” Such a plan would be much simpler than what was previously being discussed. Lawrence and University of Kansas transit leaders had been considering a parking lot in front of KU’s Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center as the site for a new central transfer hub. The cost of the project was estimated at approximately $30 million, and in addition to the multimodal components, possibilities included room for retail space as well as the transit system’s administrative offices. > HUB, 2A
We’re not looking where there’s a lot of people parking and a lot of activity so much, we’re looking for a place where we can get buses in and out.”
— Lawrence Public Transit Administrator Robert Nugent
and a public waiting area with restrooms, said Lawrence Public Transit Administrator Robert Nugent. “If not, then that changes how we look at things,” Nugent said. “We’re not looking where there’s a lot of people parking and a lot of
By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com
Although she’s counting on a large crowd for Sunday’s 36th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships at South Park, Gayle Sigurdson hopes it will be filled with participants, not spectators.
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